Uploader

[E.J. Zufelt]

Good afternoon,

Off the top of my head I think that the second approach would be the  
best.  However, let's discuss this more when the 1.1 development cycle  
begins.

Thanks,
Everett

On 25-Mar-09, at 2:37 PM, Colin Clark wrote:

> Everett,
>
> At the moment, there's no way to do this. Two approaches come to  
> mind that we could implement for Infusion 1.1:
>
> 1. Add an option to UI Options that specifically allows users to ask  
> for alternatives to visual content. Given Flash's limitations with  
> many screen readers, we could arguably treat it as visual-only. This  
> would be the first instance of UI Options providing configuration  
> for components, and it might be interesting.
>
> 2. Provide a link alongside the Uploader which "de-enhances" it,  
> falling back to the plain old single file HTML uploader if user  
> choose to do so. This would be quite direct, though it might confuse  
> some users.
>
> We've frozen the repository for the Infusion 1.0 release, but this  
> is a really good feature for the next release.
>
> Colin
>
> On 25-Mar-09, at 12:58 PM, E.J. Zufelt wrote:
>
>> Good afternoon Justin,
>>
>> Thanks for the quick response.
>>
>> That being the case is there a link on the flash uploader that will  
>> allow a user to access the html version?  As I wrote below, this  
>> would be valuable because a user may have flash installed, but may  
>> not be able to access the flash content.  Flash is inaccessible on  
>> Mac and Linux and with some Windows ATs.  This would be a good  
>> intermediary step between now and when Google Gears is available.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Everett
>>
>>
>> On 25-Mar-09, at 1:50 PM, Justin wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Everett,
>>>
>>> The demo for the non-flash version of the uploader is the same as  
>>> the flash one. If a compatible version of Flash is found, it will  
>>> progressively enhance to the Flash version. This means that if you  
>>> are not using Flash, you will see the html uploader.
>>>
>>> Hope I've answered your question.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Justin
>>> On 25-Mar-09, at 11:56 AM, E.J. Zufelt wrote:
>>>
>>>> Good morning,
>>>>
>>>> Is there a URL that I can access to test the html (non-flash)  
>>>> version of the uploader.  i recall someone mentioning that this  
>>>> was available for clients without Flash.  Also, on the flash  
>>>> uploader is there a link to use the html only uploader.
>>>>
>>>> It would be useful to provide users a choice as some users may  
>>>> have flash installed, but will not have access to the flash  
>>>> content.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Everett
>>>>
>>>>
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